The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
3:56 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 647
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 5.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.82° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.54° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.